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The Ultimate Trans Africa : 43 Weeks
Side Trips & Optional Excursions
Are paid for on the spot. As a guide to help you budget your spending money, below are approximate costs for the side trips ($US). These prices are only a guide and always vary.
| Morocco | Price |
| Guided tour of Medina | Barter! |
| Tour of Medina | Free |
| Volubilous Roman ruins | $2 |
| To see the best tanneries | $0.10 |
| Mali | Price |
| Djenne Mud Mosque | $1 |
| Pinasse Boat trip up River | $250 split between group |
| Trek the Dogon hills and see the mud villages | $10 per day |
| Ghana | Price |
| To see the Home of Slavery | $5 |
| Togo | Price |
| Visit the Fetish Market | $2 |
| Benin | Price |
| Tour of the voodoo temples and salt producers | $5 |
| Home of Voodoo and Museum, and slave gates | $1 |
| Cameroon | Price |
| Botannical Gardens | $2.50 |
| Congo | Price |
| See Chimpanzees in their almost natural habitat | Donation |
| Angola | Price |
| Cristo Rei | Taxi ride |
| Tundavala | Vehicle hire |
| Namibia | Price |
| Optional Visit to tame and wild cheetahs | $4 |
| See the worlds deepest Sinkhole | $2 |
| See the Hoba Meteorite | $1.50 |
| Cape Cross seal Colony | $6 |
| Climb the collapsed volcano | $3 |
| Quadbiking - 3 hours | $75 |
| Sandboarding - Lie Down | $25 |
| Sandboarding - Stand up | $50 |
| Horse Riding | $30 |
| Fishing | $50 |
| Town Ship Tours | $23 |
| Dolphin Cruise (including lunch and transfers) | $60 |
| Kayaking | $28 |
| Paragliding | $50 |
| Desert Tours | $35 - $69 |
| See the gorge and hot springs | $6Hobas $6 Ai-Ais |
| Canoe the Orange River | $15 |
| South Africa | Price |
| Canoe the Orange River | $15 |
| Visit the Cedarburg Hot Springs | $2.50 |
| Visit Cape Point - where 2 oceans meet | $55 |
| Shark Cage Diving | $195 |
| Table Mountain cable car | $20 |
| Cape Town on Foot | $15 |
| Winelands tour | $55 |
| Township Tour | $45 |
| Abseil Table Mountain | $38 |
| Robben Island Cruise and Visit | $23 |
| Botswana | Price |
| Chobe Sunset Cruise - includes park entrance fee and guides. | $35 |
| Chobe National Park - Game Drive | $15 |
| Chobe National Park - Entrance Fee | $13 per day. |
| Maun Walking Crocodile Farm Tour | $2 |
| 45 minute flight over the Delta from Maun - 5 pax per plane | $60 |
| Okavango Delta - 3 Days and 2 nights on an island in the Southern Delta Mokoros and polers, park entrance and camping fees | $140 |
| Victoria Falls | Price |
| Rafting - Full day includes breakfast, lunch, BBQ dinner, drinks, visa, transfer & park fees | $140 |
| Jet Boat | $95 |
| Abseil / Gorge Swing - full day | $95 |
| Bungee Jump | $105 |
| 15 min Helicopter flight over Victoria Falls | $170 |
| Sunset Game Cruise - 2 to 3 hours - BBQ Dinner & drinks | $45 |
| Malawi | Price |
| Abseiling at Chitimba Beach - full day of jumps, breakfast, lunch, & drinks | $40 |
| Kande Beach - Paddleboat hire - includes snorkel hire | $2 |
| Kande Beach - Catamaran / windsurfer / sailboat / canoe hire | $1-$4 p/hour |
| Kande Beach - Recreational dive | $25 |
| Kande Beach - Two hour horse ride - forest / village / beach, including swim | $70 |
| Kande Beach - Half day horse ride with breakfast | $70 |
| Kande Beach - Village Walk - includes visit to school, hospital & local house | $2 |
| Tanzania/Zanzibar | Price |
| Ngorongoro Crater - overnight trip (price depends on number of people) | $240-$300 |
| Serengeti National Park & Ngorongoro Crater- two night trip (price depends on number of people) | $430-$560 |
| Camel Ride to Village | $5 |
| Walk to village | $3 |
| Ferry Across from Dar | $60 plus $10 port tax |
| Spice Tour - Stonetown, Slave Market, plantations & traditional lunch | $25-35 negotiable |
| Stone Town Tour | $20 |
| Full day diving at Mnemba Atoll, includes 2 dives & lunch | $80 |
| Full day snorkeling at Mnemba Atoll, includes lunch | $25 |
| Swim with the Dolphins at Kisimzikazi - full day, including lunch | $25 |
| Prison Island - includes boat ride, entry & snorkel hire | $15 |
| Cost of meals on the island | $5/$20 |
| Accommodation per night on the island | $20/40 |
| Kenya | Price |
| Nairobi Sunday day trip , Baby elephants entry $4 , Giraffes to be fed $7, Yaya Centre Masai Market and shopping, Day's transport $7 | $18 |
| Sheldricks Animal Orphanage | Donation or $4 group entry |
| Lake Nakuru - half day in the park | $60 |
| Lake Naivasha - Hell's Gate Park; entry & bike hire to cycle through the park | $30 |
| Lake Naivasha - Elsamere Museum & afternoon tea | $8 |
| Lake Naivasha - Climb to Mount Longonot extinct volcano crater rim | $50 |
| Lake Naivasha - Green Crater Lake | $10 |
| Biking Safari | $25 |
| Elsamere | $5 |
| Naiberi River Nature Walks | $5 |
| Uganda | Price |
| Bungee Jump | $65 |
| White water rafting on the White Nile below Bujagali Falls | $125 |
| Gorilla Trek | $500 |
| Rwanda entry if visited there | $60 Rwanda & Uganda $20 |
| Ethiopia | Price |
| Bahir Dar - Tissisat Falls | |
| Lake Tana monasteries – negotiable depending on number in group | $20 |
| Lake Tana Boat Trip | $20/$40 |
| Addis Ababa - National Museum | $5 |
| Temples and Monasteries visited one by one | $5 |
| Gondar Monastry and castle guided tour | $25 |
| Horseback trek in Dodola Mountains – negotiable depending on number in group | $20 excl. transport |
| Historical route - includes Axum, Lalibela etc | US$60-$100 pp |
| Sudan | Price |
| National Museum, Khartoum | $.50 |
| Egypt | Price |
| Diving | $70 |
| Camel Rides | $10 |
| Side trip to Alexandria – return transfers including lunch cost around | $30 p/p |
| Mount Sinai | $15 |
| Boat cruise | $20 |
| Abu Simbel | $30 |
| Philae Temple | $8 |
| Feluccas | $30 |
| Kom Ombo | $10 |
| Edfu | $10 |
| Karnak Temple | $15 |
| Valley of the Kings – entry to site and 3 tombs | $15 |
| Valley of the Queens – entry 3 tombs | $5 |
| Great Pyramids and Sphinx – entry to Giza Plateau | $15 |
| Cairo Museum | $10 |
| Jordan | Price |
| Church of Moses | $2 |
| Church of the Map | $1 |
| Try to swim | $7 |
| Petra Day Tour | $30 |
| Jeep Safari | $25 |
| Syria | Price |
| City tour | $8 |
| Citadel Tour | $5 |
| Ruins Tour | $3 |
| Turkey | Price |
| WWI Memorial | $10 |
| Troy Wooden horse | $10 |
| Ephesus | $10 |
| Pamukkale limestone terraces | $5-$15 |
| Boat Cruise | $15 |
| Olympos Ruins | $15 |
| Chimera Eternal Flames | $10 |
| Ihlara Valley | $15 |
| Balloon flight | $175 |
| Goreme tour | $25 |
| Belly dancing night | $25 |
| Hammam | $5 |